HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 39755 of 2026 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. HON'BLE VIVEK SARAN, J. 1. Learned Standing Counsel has accepted notice on behalf of respondent nos.1 and 2 and Sri Harsh Vardhan Gupta, Advocate has accepted notice on behalf of respondent nos.3, 4 and 5. 2. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer to direct the respondent no.5/Chief Tax Assessing Officer, Nagar Nigam Mathura Vrindavan, Mathura to pass appropriate orders on the reply submitted by the petitioner pursuant to the notice dated 8.12.2025, copy of which is appended as annexure no.2 to the writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed reliance upon the judgement and order dated 30.7.2026 passed by this Court in Writ-C No.29478 of 2026. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that though reply to the aforesaid notice has already been submitted but till date no decision has been taken on the same. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 4. In this view of the matter, with the consent of the counsel for the parties, this petition is finally disposed of permitting the petitioner to submit a fresh reply to the aforesaid notice dated 8.12.2025 within a period of four weeks from today annexing relevant papers on which petitioner wants to place reliance. 5. In case any such reply is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.5/Chief Tax Assessing Officer, Nagar Nigam Mathura Vrindavan, Mathura will take a final decision in the matter most expeditiously and Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Harsh Vardhan Gupta Suraj .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) preferably within next four weeks from the date of submission of the reply to the said notice. 6. For a period of eight weeks from today or till the time final decision is taken by the respondent no.5, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merits, it is upon the respondent no.5 to pass appropriate order in the matter in accordance with law. September 30, 2026 Gaurav Kuls WRIC No. 39755 of 2026 2 (Vivek Saran,J.) (Prakash Padia,J.) Digitally signed by :- GAURAV KULSHRESTHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad